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New Gil Carnal Nylon Nuage California Cypress/German
Here we have a new classical by Matt Young. Matt has spent the last several years working for Gil Carnal in his California shop. This one is made with California Cypress and German Spruce and is a Loud classical – playing it in the showroom made all of the other guitars vibrate in return. Matt has built this one with an elevated fingerboard extension and lattice bracing, which lends a harp like quality to the tone. The double sound port puts the player right in the sound mix, and makes it a true joy to listen to and play.
SOLD Sale! Read moreScale Length 25.125 in Nut Width 1.94 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce - German, Cypress - California
I was born in Switzerland and basically grew up in my father’s wood shop. Thus began my lifelong relationship with sawdust and tools. I started playing guitars when I was 12. Since then the instrument has defined my life. After receiving a degree in music, I became a professional guitarist and teacher. My travels brought me to California in the late 70’s where I met guitar maker, Kenny Hill. We struck up a friendship that remains to this day. I worked with Kenny off-and-on for a number of years before I set up shop on my own.Over the years my experience with traditional building and experimentation with new technology led me to design my version of a guitar with lattice reinforced bracing. The first results were promising. Before long I was able to create instruments that were more powerful and responsive than traditionally built guitars. They also had better sustain while retaining the beauty and color of the traditional sound.